Wellcome 75th anniversary events
Public Engagement Programme for the Wellcome Trust’s 75th Anniversary – The Human Body: Its Scope, Limits and Future
In 2011 the Wellcome Trust celebrated its 75th anniversary (www.wellcome.ac.uk/75). Our Wellcome Trust funded programme The Human Body: Its Scope, Limits and Future delivered some public engagement activities as part of these celebrations in October and November 2011. We are continuing to run occasional events based on this work.
If you need any further information please contact: isei@manchester.ac.uk.
The Human Body Trail
During Manchester Science Festival, the Human Body Trail linked exhibits in the Manchester Museum to four of our research themes – Biomaterials; Enhancement; Genethics; and Reproduction. We ran two guided tours of the trail followed by discussion and drawing activities on the future of the human body.
The Human Body Trail - Body Bits: Ethics of Using Biomaterials
Another guided tour is being run as part of the Museum’s adult programme on 20th March at 18.30. The tour will last around forty-five minutes and will incorporate a look behind-the-scenes. This will be followed by discussion – based around the question of whether there is a moral obligation to donate certain kinds of bodily materials (e.g. blood and organs) – and the opportunity to talk to staff and students from the Wellcome Programme on the Human Body: Its Scope, Limits and Future about their research. Refreshments will be provided part way through, and the event will last around one and half hours.
The tour and discussion are free, but numbers will be limited, please telephone the Museum to reserve a space, on 0161 275 2648.
Human Bodies: Animal Bodies
On 28th November 2011, we held the Human Bodies, Animal Bodies public panel in the Manchester Museum. This event was co-organised with the Academy of Medical Sciences and an expert panel led discussions based on the Academy’s report Animals Containing Human Materials.
The Wellcome Trust is the major funder of the Wellcome Trust Programme on the Human Body: Its Scope, Limits and Future. These events have been programmed as part of the Wellcome Trust's 75th anniversary celebrations.